LeBron and Bronny James made NBA history on Tuesday, becoming the first father and son to play alongside each other in a regular season fixture as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103.The duo, who played together briefly in a pre-season game earlier this month, took to the court late in the second …
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King Charles III landed in Samoa Wednesday to join his first Commonwealth summit as monarch, hoping to breathe new life into a bloc seen by critics as “a leftover of empire”.Charles arrived in the coastal capital of Apia — halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii — after a six-day visit to Australia that was slimmed …
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Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on Wednesday.The intense rainy season has unleashed a humanitarian crisis across large areas of the Sahel region bordering the Sahara desert.A new analysis by the World Weather …
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Every day six and a half million people ride Tokyo Metro’s nine lines, part of a dizzyingly complex transport network serving the Japanese megacity and its sprawling suburbs.Tokyo Metro shares rocketed more than 40 percent on their stock market debut Wednesday, raising $2.3 billion in Japan’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) in six years.Here are …
As if Mikaela Shiffrin hadn’t already etched her name in the annals of World Cup alpine skiing, the American kickstarts the new season eyeing yet another landmark, looking to become the first person to chalk up 100 victories on the circuit.The 29-year-old closed an injury-hit 2024 on 97 World Cup wins, having already surpassed the …
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Donald Trump may have become involved with a porn star, but if elected president he could try shutting down the entire industry, adult film stars are warning in a push to get young men to vote against the Republican next month.The #HandsOffMyPorn campaign has spent $200,000 so far on ads to run on adult websites, …
Thousands of artists including ABBA singer Bjorn Ulvaeus, Hollywood actress Julianne Moore and Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro have signed a statement warning about the unlicensed use of artificial intelligence.Some 11,500 stars of music, literature, screen and stage had put their names to the statement by Tuesday, as fears mount over tech companies using existing creative works …
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